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A drought developed in the Western, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States in the summer of 2020. [3] Similar conditions started in other states in August 2020, including Iowa, Nebraska and certain parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
This page documents notable droughts and heat waves worldwide in 2020.. Throughout the year, various countries' hottest ever recorded temperature records were broken. The highest temperature during the year was on August 16, when a weather station in Death Valley in the U.S. state of California recorded an air temperature of 129.6 °F (54.2 °C), the hottest temperature recorded globally in ...
Other early notable droughts in North America include the Fairbank Drought of 500 BC [24] and the Whitewater Drought of 330 C.E. [25] [26] There were megadroughts in what is now the central and western United States, between 900 and 1300. [27]
From hurricanes to wildfires, 2020 was a year for extreme weather events, but there was a dramatic drop in the frequency of one of the most dangerous weather phenomena. The company Vaisala, which ...
Fu explained that although the 2020-2022 drought period started with a natural decline in rainfall, its severity rose “from the equivalent of ‘moderate’ to ‘exceptional’ on the drought ...
Drought conditions have gripped nearly the entire country, with only one state spared as a bone-dry autumn left most states parched. In November, Kentucky became the 49th state to cross into ...
9 South America. 10 Soviet Union. 11 United Kingdom. 12 External links. Toggle the table of contents. ... Drought in Uruguay (2020–present) 2022-2023 Uruguay drought;
As of May 31, around 90 million Americans were being affected by drought while more than 65 million were experiencing "severe to extreme drought," according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...